Last weekend Crystal and I went sand duning with our friends Matt and Michelle at the Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park in southern Utah. The park is comprised of 3,730 acres of breathtaking pink coral-colored dunes, surrounded by red sandstone cliffs, blue skies, and deep emerald forests. Imagine pink sand dunes and lush pine trees. [...]
Posted on May 12th, 2009 by Nathan Gwilliam
Filed under: Business Management, Leadership, Life Lessons, Self Improvement | 4 Comments »
I just finished reading a Jeff Benedict’s book “How to Build a Business Warren Buffett Would Buy: The R. C. Willey Story.” If you don’t live in Utah, Nevada or Idaho, R.C. Willey is a chain of home furnishing super stores that dominates the markets it serves in those states.
R.C. Willey is famous for [...]
Posted on May 6th, 2009 by Nathan Gwilliam
Filed under: Book Reviews, Business Management, Leadership, Mergers & Acquisitions | 2 Comments »
I love how the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is using innovative strategies to try to find innovative solutions to some of the most serious issues on the planet, such as poverty, hunger, disease and a lack of education. This foundation just announced that 81 projects will receive $100,000 grants for 5-year health research projects [...]
Posted on May 4th, 2009 by Nathan Gwilliam
Filed under: Charity, Giving Back, Global Orphan Crisis, Hunger, Poverty, Social Enterprise | No Comments »
I just read an article from Forbes titled “The Savings Bugbear” in which Stephane Fitch describes how economic doomsayers insist the increase in consumer savings may spoil the economic recovery. The article talks about consumers putting away their credit cards and saving instead. Last year Americans saved virtually nothing, and now Americans are saving 4% [...]
Posted on May 4th, 2009 by Nathan Gwilliam
Filed under: Economy, Life Lessons | No Comments »
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